Cork, Donegal, and Galway fail to meet sewage treatment standards

Cork, Donegal, and Galway failed to meet adequate sewage treatment facilities standards in 2014, according to a report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The EPA’s Urban Waste Water Treatment Report for 2014 identified 45 urban areas where untreated sewage is discharged, over half of which were in the three counties.

And the report highlighted seven bathing locations with poor statuses that are linked with wastewater discharges. These are the Front Strand Beach, Youghal Co, Cork; Rush South Beach in Fingal, Dublin; Ballyloughane Beach and Clifden beaches in Galway; Ardmore Beach in Co Waterford; Lilliput Adventure Centre at Lough Ennel, Co Westmeath; and Duncannon Beach, Co Wexford.